Children's Hospital Campaign
Within our reach is a hospital for our children that is among the best in the world. It is a place where medical excellence and love intersect to create miracles and healing.

Within Our Reach
We have a powerful opportunity to introduce advancements in children’s healthcare that will define this region as a nationally recognized leader in pediatric medicine. The hospital is a place where families from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Port St. Joe have access to the finest medical care possible across specialties such as prenatal and neonatal care, pediatric cancer care, pediatric internal medicine and many others.
Within Your Hands
We launched an ambitious building initiative, utilizing the most advanced technological and medical understanding to date. This hospital was designed with the help of skilled medical architects, with input from doctors, surgeons and staff as well as the children and families of our community.
HOW FAR WE’VE COME
Every Life. Every Day. Your Gifts Make The Difference.

Our campaign was launched in December, 2016, with the goal of raising over $35,000,000 in private contributions. The building project was completed over a series of phases in April 2019. The pediatric facilities and care established is a critical resource for the growing population of our region and beyond. We are looking for parents, families, business leaders and organizations to help support our cause. Extraordinary care for our children and generations of children to come is Within Our Reach, but it’s Within Your Hands.
HELPING US GROW
Your Donation in Action
As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on generous, compassionate people like you to support our work thereby ensuring that no one goes without quality patient care and life-saving treatment. Make your tax-deductible gift today and join a century-old legacy of caring from the heart.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
Projected Impact
Because When Every Moment Could Make A Difference
Access to World Class Care Must Be Within Reach
When your child is sick, it’s important to know that they’ll be given the finest medical care possible close to home. Studer Family Children’s Hospital promises to offer families from across the tri-state area access to treatments and specialties simply impossible to receive elsewhere in our area.


WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
Case For Support
With this campaign, we are building the most child-centric hospital facility the state has to offer. A facility researched and designed to promote whole person healing and care, for our children and our families. A place where experts and specialists from around the world consider not only our medical needs, but the emotional, behavioral and social needs of the children and families who love them.
Our new four-story children’s hospital includes:
- Pediatric Emergency Department and Trauma Center
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Pediatric Oncology Unit
- Pediatric satellite pharmacy
- Pediatric inpatient rehabilitation gym
- Child life playrooms
- Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Your Passion — Our Mission
We see miracles happen here everyday. Your gifts make the difference. It all begins with you and your commitment to our community and to our children’s futures. Help us build the opportunity of better tomorrows for children right now.
Helping the community
Anticipated Economic Impact:
Permanent Positions
- 130 new positions with an $11.9 million annual earnings impact by 2025
- 76 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions at Ascension Sacred Heart providing direct annual earnings of $9.7 million
- 54 new community jobs providing direct annual earnings of $2.2 million